Vancouver's emergency teams will have to be ready for anything. Dr Jack Taunton, chief medical officer for VANOC, is mandated with the challenge preventing the event from disrupting the daily medical service of Vancouverites.

The term Islamo-fascism has come to denote intolerant if not fanatical actions and behaviour. The reluctance of mainstream Muslims to condemn these activities and behaviour may stem from ambiguities and divisions within Islam.

This vast, continent-wide network of land, sea, air, and cybernetic interconnections weaves through each pillar of our democracy. From a national security perspective, the gateway and corridor system of systems is a purely strategic notion.